Remove the differential drop on your 05+ Tacoma

If your lifted 3 in. in the front its going to help

 

Diff drops rotate the front diff. This gives a very small improvement to the cv angle, but it also cuts down on the oil that the pinion side of the diff gets. Diffs are expensive to replace. CV's are cheap to replace.


durf, have fun replacing your diff.

 

If you're lifted 3" in the front the CVs are already at an extreme angle, the diff drop isn't going to make it magically alright.

 

i dont think it would but if youve read this whole thread you would see my point

 

Can someone please measure the difference with and without the diff drop???? Post pics and let put this to bed....

 

I stole that from someone on that other site full of grumpy assholes.


Do whatever you want, IDGAF. I mean what do I know, I'm just some kid who wheels a truck with stock suspension

 

Glad I don't have to worry about all this bullshit

 

Mike, might look into doing something like this...

 

again. i have a mild lift. and it as settled. i dont need the drop diff at all. i wanted to take them off. so all i need are the bolts right?

anyone know the length and thread size. i lost my stockers.

 

DING DING DING!

DD kit's are fine for most of us, there are a TON of parts out there not strong enough to be on race trucks, cause that's not what they are built for. wrong item to use on a truck like that. stfu now

 

I think the main word here is "ROCK." Rocks are very hard on stuff. My buddy hit a rock with his '88 Toy and broke the diff drop bracket. Different design, but same issue.

 

well before telling everyone to take them off, do me a favor, go find a rock, and hit it at 20mph, similar to what mike did... with no diff drop of course, I would really like to see the outcome. wouldn't you

 

how bout you think for yourself and either take his advice or not...

we're not all sheep... we can look at the pictures and think for ourselves.

from the pictures i really dont see how the could really help the cv angle enough to make a difference... so far i only know of 1 website that sells drop kits and there must be dozens of places who sell lifts...

 

i'll post my opinon later i'm to tired to write anything right now school in the morning.....

 

Thanks for a really great informative thread. I was always leery of diff drops. I guess all my concerns have been answered here. Thanks Mike for sharing your experience here.

 

Damn that sucks Mike.